Etiket: services
Prostitution at the time of the Olympic Games | Fear of an “Uberization” of sexual services
(Paris) “In two clicks, the girl is with the client”: traditionally displayed in the street, prostitution is now nestled on a large scale on the internet. A new deal for…
Global computer outage disrupts services at Canadian airports
The global computer outage that affected many services on Friday morning also had an impact in Canada, particularly at airports. Toronto Pearson International Airport has warned travellers that technical issues…
A tense summer for Nice’s emergency services
Published 07/17/2024 4:19 PM Video length: 2 min Hospital: a tense summer for Nice’s emergency services Hospital: a tense summer for Nice’s emergency services (France 2) At the Nice University…
New disruptions to hospital services on the Côte-Nord
The lack of health personnel on the Côte-Nord is causing new service disruptions in the region, with emergency rooms in Forestville and Les Escoumins preparing to close every evening this…
Demystifying Economics | How do welfare state services influence its GDP?
Question: We know that GDP is the total value of goods and services produced within a state. Does this include public services? If so, what is the value of education…
The overdose crisis is not just a matter of misery, according to the Minister responsible for Social Services, Lionel Carmant
The overdose and toxic drug crisis is wreaking havoc everywhere, including in Quebec. The opioids circulating on the streets are sometimes 25 times more powerful than fentanyl. Last year, 536…
Technology Services | Bell acquires Stratejm and CloudKettle
(Montreal) Bell announces that it has acquired two technology services companies as part of its plan to strengthen its cloud services activities. Published at 10:48 a.m. Financial terms of the…
New government criteria limit young people’s access to services funded by Emploi-Québec
Carrefours jeunesse-emploi (CJE) deplores having to exclude thousands of unemployed or underemployed young people from their government-funded employment assistance services. New criteria from the ministry are at issue, at a…
News Fund | Foreign streaming services challenge
Foreign streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ are challenging a regulatory directive under the Online Streaming Act aimed at contributing financially to the Canadian broadcasting sector, including local news.…
Digital services tax | Freeland confident she can reach agreement with US
(Ottawa) Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is confident she can reach a “win-win solution” with the United States in the dispute over a tax on web giants like Amazon, Google, Apple…
Federal government officially imposes 3% tax on digital services
In the absence of an international agreement on taxing digital giants, Ottawa is officially imposing a 3% tax on the services they offer in Canada, more than three and a…
Border Services | Agreement in principle ratified by 91%
(Montreal) Customs and immigration union members working at the Border Services Agency have finally ratified the agreement in principle reached in mid-June with the Treasury Board. Published at 2:00 p.m.…
“I just want to know why there is so much meanness,” said the mother of the victim, whose call was not taken seriously by the emergency services.
“I just want to know what happened. What did my daughter do to him?” asks Bablyne Musenga. The emergency medical service operator implicated in this case is being tried in…
Frenchman arrested in Russia admits to collecting military information, Russian security services say
For the time being, only one charge has been brought against Laurent Vinatier. The forty-year-old is accused of not having registered as a “foreign agent”. Published 07/03/2024 11:31 Update 07/03/2024…
US opposes Canadian digital services tax
(Washington) The Office of the United States Trade Representative says it will move to end Canada’s tax on large foreign digital services companies. Published at 1:46 p.m. Kelly Geraldine Malone…
Food assistance services | Demand is rising among students
Rising rents and the cost of groceries are weighing heavily on Quebec university students. Thousands of them are turning to food assistance services to help feed themselves. The growing demand…
Single-rate childcare services were a source of pride for Quebec, but the model is now floundering.
With this series, the editorial team goes back to the sources of a Quebec model that is struggling in the hope of rekindling its first sparks, those that allowed our…
Generation of musical pieces | Music industry files suit against AI services
(San Francisco) Major record labels filed lawsuits Monday against two music artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups, accusing them of using copyrighted songs to develop their technologies, adding to the many similar…
Labor and Tories vow to resurrect public services without raising taxes
In July, the British general elections will take place, which renew the members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. In the middle of the campaign, the Conservatives…
The Legault government wants better access to mental health services in CLSCs
To tackle mental health waiting lists, the Minister responsible for Social Services, Lionel Carmant, plans to expand access to psychologists in CLSCs and implement walk-in services. As part of the…